Here are six stories by one of Iran's greatest contemporary
writers, rare and intimate glimpses into the lives of ordinary
Iranian men and women; windows into the Persian soul. From the
delicately painted tragedy of Mehrangiz in A City Like Paradise to
the wry comedy of Anis, from two sisters' surreal nocturne in
Childbirth to a village boy's broken dreams in Potshards, from a
young woman torn between duty and passion in Bibi Shahrbanu to the
brilliant and numinous Sutra, each story is told with the detail,
clarity of vision, and deeply human compassion characteristic of
Daneshvar's finest work. Daneshvar's Iran is a landscape in which
the medieval and the modern coexist uneasily. Against this
backdrop, the author explores the persistent themes of her nearly
five decades as a writer: themes of sexual and racial identity, the
social relations of wealth and poverty, the workings of memory and
dreams. The lives of her characters-here, some of her most subtly
realized-are determined by conditions and norms over which they
have little or no control; still, in the end, Sutra offers a vision
of hope. These stories are a major addition to Daneshvar's works in
translation, Daneshvar's Playhouse and Savushun.
General
| Imprint: |
Mage Publishers
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2007 |
| First published: |
October 2007 |
| Authors: |
Simin Daneshvar
|
| Dimensions: |
155 x 230 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
189 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-933823-20-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
| LSN: |
1-933823-20-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781933823201 |
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